KR20210059583A - Smart pavement marker and service providing system using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pedestrian service providing system using a smart sign, which comprises: a plurality of smart signs embedded in a predetermined walking area and periodically transmitting a beacon signal; and a mobile terminal detecting location information of a pedestrian based on beacon signals received from the plurality of smart signs, determining whether the pedestrian enters the walking area based on the detected location information, and provides the predetermined pedestrian service, when the pedestrian enters the walking area.

Description

Smart label bottle and service provision system using it {SMART PAVEMENT MARKER AND SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM USING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a service providing system using a smart marker, and more particularly, to a service providing system capable of providing various services to a pedestrian or a vehicle driver by interworking between a smart marker and a mobile terminal and a service providing server. .

In general, road markers are installed on the center line or promenade of a road, bicycle-only roads, shoulders, stop lines, accidental areas, etc. in order to help the safe driving of the vehicle driver and the safe walking of the pedestrians. In recent years, a large-capacity battery and/or solar cell is built into the road marking bottle to emit light at night, thereby enhancing the effect of preventing safety accidents.

However, there is a problem that the visually impaired can not recognize the road sign even if it emits light, and new safety accidents are increasing rapidly as the number of smombs walking while looking at a smartphone is increasing recently.

In addition, in the case of nighttime, since the road marker does not provide information about the pedestrian approaching from the surrounding area, a traffic accident may be caused by a pedestrian suddenly appearing around the road marker. In addition, in the case of accident-prone areas or accidental areas, pedestrians need to pay special attention to safety, but general road signs do not provide information on such accident-prone areas or accidental areas, and accidents often occur.

It is an object of the present invention to solve the above and other problems. Another purpose is to provide a smart marker with built-in beacon function as well as lighting function.

Another object is to provide a service providing system capable of providing various services to pedestrians or vehicle drivers by interworking between a smart marker bottle and a mobile terminal and a service providing server.

According to an aspect of the present invention in order to achieve the above or other objects, when a specific event occurs, a pedestrian request signal corresponding to a preset gesture input is received from a pedestrian, and a predefined blinking in response to the received pedestrian request signal. A mobile terminal for transmitting a control signal to a smart marker adjacent to the pedestrian; And it provides a system for providing a pedestrian service including a smart marker for performing a blinking operation at a predetermined time period by controlling one or more LED elements according to the blinking control signal received from the mobile terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a plurality of smart markers buried in a predetermined walking area, periodically transmitting a beacon signal; And detecting the location information of the pedestrian based on the beacon signals received from the plurality of smart markers, checking whether a pedestrian enters the pedestrian area based on the detected location information, and the pedestrian entering the pedestrian area In one case, a system for providing a pedestrian service including a mobile terminal providing a predetermined pedestrian service is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a memory for storing a smart marker application for providing a predetermined pedestrian service to pedestrians approaching a specific pedestrian area; A wireless communication unit for receiving a plurality of beacon signals from a plurality of smart markers buried in the specific walking area when an application stored in the memory is executed; Detecting the location of the pedestrian using the plurality of beacon signals, and when the pedestrian enters the specific walking area, accessing a predetermined service providing server to receive notification information related to the location of the pedestrian from the server A control unit; And an output unit for outputting a notification signal including notification information received from the service providing server.

The smart marker according to embodiments of the present invention and the effect of the service providing system using the same will be described as follows.

According to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention, there is an advantage in that a safe return service can be provided to a pedestrian by interworking between a smart marker bottle and a pedestrian's mobile terminal.

In addition, according to at least one of the embodiments of the present invention, there is an advantage in that a pedestrian protection service and a pedestrian notification service can be provided to a pedestrian by interworking between a smart sign bottle and a pedestrian's mobile terminal and a service providing server.

However, the effects that can be achieved by the smart labeling bottle and the service providing system using the same according to the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to those mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned are the technology to which the present invention belongs from the following description. It will be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the field.

1 and 2 are diagrams illustrating a road arrangement of a smart marker bottle related to the present invention;
3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a smart label according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a safe home service to a corresponding pedestrian through interlocking between a pedestrian's mobile terminal and an adjacent smart marker;
6 is a diagram referred to for explaining a method of providing a pedestrian protection service to a visually impaired person through interworking between a smart marker bottle and a mobile terminal and a service providing server;
7 is a diagram referred to for explaining a method of providing a pedestrian notification service to tourists through interworking between a smart marker bottle and a mobile terminal and a service providing server;
8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments disclosed in the present specification will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but identical or similar elements are denoted by the same reference numerals regardless of reference numerals, and redundant descriptions thereof will be omitted. The suffixes "module" and "unit" for constituent elements used in the following description are given or used interchangeably in consideration of only the ease of preparation of the specification, and do not have meanings or roles that are distinguished from each other by themselves. That is, the term'unit' used in the present invention means a hardware component such as software, FPGA, or ASIC, and the'unit' performs certain roles. However,'part' is not limited to software or hardware. The'unit' may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium or may be configured to reproduce one or more processors. Thus, as an example,'unit' refers to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, processes, functions, properties, procedures, Includes subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, database, data structures, tables, arrays and variables. The functions provided in the components and'units' may be combined into a smaller number of components and'units', or may be further divided into additional components and'units'.

In addition, in describing the embodiments disclosed in the present specification, when it is determined that a detailed description of related known technologies may obscure the subject matter of the embodiments disclosed in the present specification, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the accompanying drawings are for easy understanding of the embodiments disclosed in the present specification, and the technical idea disclosed in the present specification is not limited by the accompanying drawings, and all changes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention It should be understood to include equivalents or substitutes.

The present invention proposes a smart marker with a built-in lighting function and a beacon function. In addition, the present invention proposes a service providing system capable of providing various services to a pedestrian or a vehicle driver by interworking between a smart marker and a mobile terminal and a service providing server.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 are diagrams illustrating a road arrangement of a smart marker bottle related to the present invention.

For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of smart marker bottles 100 may be installed along both border lines of an alleyway. The plurality of smart markers 100 may irradiate light at night to provide a landscape lighting function, a digital milestone function, and a crime prevention function to pedestrians.

Each smart marker 100 interlocks with the pedestrian's mobile terminal 200 to provide pedestrian signal information, pedestrian caution information, pedestrian guidance information, pedestrian behavior information, tourist information, and geographic information to pedestrians located in their neighboring areas. It can provide a smart marker function that supports guiding various information.

As another example, as shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of smart marker bottles 100 may be installed along a center line or both boundary lines of a roadway. In this case, the plurality of smart marker bottles 100 may be installed on the floor of the driveway or on the guardrail of the driveway. The plurality of smart markers 100 may irradiate light at night to provide a landscape lighting function, a digital milestone function, and a traffic accident prevention function to pedestrians and/or vehicle drivers.

Likewise, each smart marker 100 is linked with the pedestrian's mobile terminal 200 to provide pedestrians or vehicle drivers located in the adjacent area of the pedestrian signal information, pedestrian caution information, pedestrian guidance information, pedestrian behavior information, driving caution. A smart marker function that supports various information such as information and driving guide information may be provided.

On the other hand, although not shown in the drawing, a plurality of smart markers 100 are installed in various places such as bicycle roads, crosswalks, tourist attractions and public places, and have landscape lighting functions, digital milestone functions, crime prevention functions, and traffic. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that an accident prevention function and the like can be provided.

3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a smart label according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the smart label 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a beacon module 110, a solar module 120, a battery 130, a light emitting module 140, and a control unit 150. I can. Since the components shown in FIG. 1 are not essential to implement the smart label 100, the smart label bottle described herein may have more or fewer components than the components listed above.

The beacon module 110 may include a signal transmitter (not shown) and a signal receiver (not shown) to enable two-way wireless communication with a pedestrian's mobile terminal.

The beacon module 110 generates a beacon signal including at least one of device identification information (ie, device ID information) of the smart label 100, location information of the smart label 100, and server address information, and the generated The beacon signal can be transmitted periodically.

The beacon module 110 may receive a wireless signal transmitted from a pedestrian's mobile terminal or an adjacent smart marker. In this case, the radio signal may include a light emission request signal or a rescue request signal.

The beacon module 110 interlocks with a pedestrian's mobile terminal and a service providing server to provide pedestrians or vehicle drivers located in the adjacent area of the smart marker 100 with walking signal information, pedestrian caution information, walking guidance information, walking information, and driving. A smart marker function that supports various information such as caution information, driving guide information, tourist information, and geographic information can be provided.

The solar module 120 may perform a function of converting light energy obtained from the sun during the daytime into electrical energy. The solar module 120 may store the converted electrical energy in the battery 130.

The battery 130 may store electrical energy in a charging mode and may supply the stored electrical energy to the outside in a discharge mode. The battery 130 may provide power to drive the components of the smart label 100.

The light emitting module 140 may perform light emission and flashing functions according to a control command of the controller 140. The light-emitting module 140 may be composed of one or more LED devices, but is not limited thereto.

The control unit (or processor 150) controls the overall operation of the smart label bottle 100. Furthermore, in order to implement various embodiments described below on the smart label 100 according to the present invention, the controller 150 may control by combining at least one of the above-described components.

As described above, as described above, the smart beacon according to the present invention uses a beacon module to provide walking signal information, pedestrian caution information, walking guidance information, walking information, driving caution information, driving guidance information, and tourism to neighboring pedestrians or vehicle drivers. A smart marker function that supports various information such as information and geographic information can be provided.

4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4, a mobile terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a wireless communication unit 210, an output unit 220, an input unit 230, a memory 240, and a control unit 250. have. Since the components shown in FIG. 2 are not essential for implementing the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal described herein may have more or fewer components than the components listed above.

The wireless communication unit 210 may include a mobile communication module, a short-range communication module, and a wireless Internet module. The wireless communication unit 210 may provide a communication interface for transmitting and receiving data with at least one of a smart marker, a pedestrian traffic light, a floor traffic light, an adjacent mobile terminal, and a service providing server.

The mobile communication module includes technical standards or communication methods for mobile communication (eg, Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), one of 2G to 5G technologies), Code Division Multi Access (CDMA), Wideband CDMA (WCDMA), Base stations, other terminals, and servers on a mobile communication network built according to HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (Long Term Evolution-Advanced), etc.) It transmits and receives radio signals with at least one of them.

The short range communication module is for short range communication, and includes Bluetooth (Bluetooth??), RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), UWB (Ultra-Wideband), ZigBee, NFC ( Near Field Communication), Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity), Wi-Fi Direct, and Wireless Universal Serial Bus (USB) technologies may be used to support short-range communication.

The wireless Internet module refers to a module for wireless Internet access, and may be built-in or external to the mobile terminal. The wireless Internet module is configured to transmit and receive wireless signals in a communication network according to wireless Internet technologies. Examples of wireless Internet technologies include WLAN (Wireless LAN), Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity), DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance), WiMAX (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (Long Term Evolution-Advanced), etc., and the wireless Internet module includes at least one radio in a range including Internet technologies not listed above. Data is transmitted and received according to the Internet technology.

The output unit 220 is for generating an output related to visual, auditory or tactile sense, and may include at least one of a display unit, an audio output unit, a hap tip module, and a light output unit. The output unit 220 may output various notification signals related to a pedestrian approaching with a smart marker. In addition, the output unit 220 may output various notification information related to the location of the pedestrian received from the service providing server.

The display unit displays (outputs) information processed by the mobile terminal. For example, the display unit may display execution screen information of an application program driven in the mobile terminal, or UI (User Interface) and GUI (Graphic User Interface) information according to such execution screen information. The sound output unit may output audio data received from the wireless communication unit 210 or stored in the memory 240 in a call signal reception, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, and the like.

The haptic module generates various tactile effects that the user can feel. A typical example of a tactile effect generated by the haptic module may be vibration. The light output unit outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event using a light source installed in the mobile terminal.

The input unit 230 includes a camera or video input unit for inputting an image signal, a microphone or an audio input unit for inputting an audio signal, and a user input unit for receiving information from a user (for example, a touch key). , Push key (mechanical key, etc.).

The memory 240 stores data supporting various functions of the mobile terminal. The memory 240 may store a plurality of application programs (application programs or applications) driven by the mobile terminal, data for operation of the mobile terminal, and commands. In this embodiment, the memory 240 may store a smart marker application for providing various services to pedestrians who access the area where the smart marker bottle is installed.

The controller (or processor 250) controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal 200. In addition, the controller 250 executes a smart label application stored in the memory 240 and controls an operation related to the smart label application. Furthermore, in order to implement various embodiments described below on the mobile terminal 200 according to the present invention, the controller 250 may control by combining at least one of the above-described components.

As described above, the mobile terminal according to the present invention can provide various services, such as a pedestrian protection service and a pedestrian notification service, to a pedestrian of a corresponding terminal by interworking with an adjacent smart sign and a service providing server.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a safe home service to a corresponding pedestrian through interlocking between a pedestrian's mobile terminal and an adjacent smart marker.

Referring to FIG. 5, the mobile terminal 200 may execute an application (hereinafter, referred to as a'smart marker application' for convenience of description) for providing a safe home service to a pedestrian according to a user command or the like (S510). The smart label application may be executed in a background state until the application is terminated.

When a predetermined specific event occurs while walking in such a background state, the pedestrian may input a pedestrian request signal by shaking the mobile terminal 200 or pressing a specific button (S520). In this case, the pedestrian request signal may include a rescue request signal or a driving attention request signal. For example, when the specific event is an event for requesting rescue in the vicinity, the pedestrian request signal may be a rescue request signal. Meanwhile, when the specific event is an event that requests attention of a vehicle driver, the pedestrian request signal may be a driving attention request signal.

The mobile terminal 200 may transmit a predefined blinking control signal (or LED control signal) to the first smart marker 100_1 adjacent to the corresponding pedestrian in response to the pedestrian request signal input from the pedestrian (S530). Upon receiving the LED control signal, the first smart marker 100_1 may control one or more LED elements to perform a blinking operation at a predetermined time period (S540). Accordingly, through the blinking signals of the LED elements, it is possible to inform nearby pedestrians that the corresponding pedestrian is in danger, or to call the vehicle driver's attention to induce a decrease in the vehicle speed.

Meanwhile, the first smart marker 100_1 may transmit a predefined relay signal requesting a blinking operation to the second smart marker 100_2 adjacent to itself (S550). In this case, the relay signal may include device identification information of the label bottle (ie, the first smart label bottle) transmitting the corresponding signal, device identification information of the last label bottle to which the signal is transmitted, and a blink request signal. Meanwhile, as another example, the relay signal may include device identification information of a start label on which the first blinking operation is performed, device identification information of an end label on which the last blinking operation is performed, and a blink request signal.

The second smart marker 100_2 receiving such a relay signal may perform a blinking operation at a predetermined time period by controlling the LED elements in the same manner as the first smart marker 100_1 (S560). Likewise, the second smart marker 100_2 may transmit the same relay signal to the adjacent smart marker. This relay signal transmission process may continue until the corresponding relay signal arrives at the smart label set as the last receiving device. Accordingly, it is possible to control not only the smart markers closest to the corresponding pedestrian, but also the smart markers existing within a certain range from the corresponding pedestrian to sequentially perform a blinking operation.

6 is a diagram referenced to explain a method of providing a pedestrian protection service to a visually impaired person through interworking between a smart marker and a mobile terminal and a service providing server.

6, a service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of smart markers (100_1 to 100_4), a mobile terminal 200 of a pedestrian (for example, a visually impaired person), a service providing server 300, and a walking system. It may include a traffic light 400 and the like.

The plurality of smart marker bottles 100_1 to 100_4 may be installed in an adjacent area of the crosswalk. For example, as shown in the drawings, the plurality of smart marker bottles 100_1 to 100_4 may be buried in a corner portion of the pedestrian waiting area 500 in front of a pedestrian crossing, but is not limited thereto.

Each of the smart marker bottles 100_1 to 100_4 may include a light emitting module (not shown) for providing a landscape lighting function and a beacon module (not shown) for providing a digital milestone function. The beacon module may generate and periodically transmit a beacon signal including at least one of device identification information (ie, device ID information) of the smart label, location information of the smart label, and server address information.

The mobile terminal 200 may execute a smart marker application for providing a predetermined pedestrian protection service to a pedestrian approaching an area where a plurality of smart marker bottles 100_1 to 100_4 are installed according to a user command or the like.

The mobile terminal 200 may detect a current position of a pedestrian based on at least one of beacon signals transmitted from a plurality of smart markers 100_1 to 100_4 installed in an adjacent area of a crosswalk.

For example, the mobile terminal 200 may detect the current position of a pedestrian using a triangulation method. For example, when a pedestrian moves to the pedestrian waiting area 500 located in front of the crosswalk, the pedestrian's mobile terminal 200 transmits a first beacon signal transmitted from the first smart marker 100_1 and a second smart marker 100_2. ), the third beacon signal transmitted from the third smart marker 100_3, and the fourth beacon signal transmitted from the fourth smart marker 100_4. . Thereafter, the mobile terminal 200 can accurately detect the current position of the pedestrian by using at least three beacon signals received from the plurality of smart beacons 100_1 to 100_4, and based on this, the pedestrian is the pedestrian waiting area 500 It is possible to check in real time whether or not it enters the interior.

Meanwhile, as another embodiment, the mobile terminal 200 may detect the current position of a pedestrian based on the strength of the received signal. For example, when a pedestrian moves to the pedestrian waiting area 500 located in front of the crosswalk, the pedestrian's mobile terminal 200 transmits a first beacon signal transmitted from the first smart marker 100_1 and a second smart marker 100_2. ), the third beacon signal transmitted from the third smart marker 100_3, and the fourth beacon signal transmitted from the fourth smart marker 100_4 may be received. Thereafter, the mobile terminal 200 may measure the strength of the beacon signal received from at least one smart marker, and use the measured strength to predict the current position of the pedestrian, and based on this, the pedestrian may use the pedestrian waiting area 500 ), you can check in real time whether or not you enter.

When a pedestrian enters the pedestrian waiting area 500, the mobile terminal 200 may output a notification signal indicating that the pedestrian has entered the pedestrian waiting area 500. Meanwhile, when the pedestrian does not enter the pedestrian waiting area 500, the mobile terminal 200 may output a notification signal to induce the pedestrian to move to the pedestrian waiting area 500.

In addition, the mobile terminal 200 may receive a beacon signal including walking signal information from a walking traffic light 400 installed in an area adjacent to the crosswalk. In this case, the walking signal information may include waiting remaining time information and walking remaining time information. In addition, beacon signals of pedestrian traffic lights located around a specific crosswalk and beacon signals of smart markers may include the same group information.

When a pedestrian enters into the pedestrian waiting area 500, the mobile terminal 200 may provide walking signal information received from an adjacent pedestrian traffic light 400 to the pedestrian in real time.

Meanwhile, the mobile terminal 200 accesses the predetermined service providing server 300 and includes information (ie, location information and device identification information) included in the beacon signals received from the plurality of smart beacons 100_1 to 100_4. Information (ie, walking signal information) included in the beacon signal received from the pedestrian traffic light 400 may be provided to the corresponding service providing server 300.

The mobile terminal 200 may receive notification information corresponding to the current location of the pedestrian (eg, pedestrian walking guide and safety related notification information) from the service providing server 300. In addition, the mobile terminal 200 may provide the notification information received from the service providing server 300 to the pedestrian in real time.

FIG. 7 is a diagram referenced to explain a method of providing a pedestrian notification service to tourists through interworking between a smart marker bottle and a mobile terminal and a service providing server.

Referring to FIG. 7, a service providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of smart marker bottles 100_1 to 100_4, a mobile terminal 200 for pedestrians (eg, tourists), and a service providing server 300. can do.

The plurality of smart marker bottles 100_1 to 100_4 may be installed in an adjacent area such as a tourist attraction, a public place, or a cultural property. As an example, as shown in the drawing, the plurality of smart marker bottles 100_1 to 100_4 may be buried in a corner portion of the pedestrian viewing area 600 separated by a certain distance from a cultural property or viewing facility, but is not limited thereto. .

Each of the smart marker bottles 100_1 to 100_4 may include a light emitting module (not shown) for providing a landscape lighting function and a beacon module (not shown) for providing a digital milestone function. The beacon module may generate and periodically transmit a beacon signal including at least one of device identification information, location information, and server address information of the smart label.

The mobile terminal 200 may execute a smart marker application for providing a predetermined pedestrian notification service to a pedestrian approaching an area where a plurality of smart marker bottles 100_1 to 100_4 are installed according to a user command or the like.

The mobile terminal 200 may detect a current location of a pedestrian based on beacon signals transmitted from a plurality of smart markers 100_1 to 100_4 installed in an area adjacent to a tourist attraction or cultural property. In this case, the mobile terminal 200 may accurately detect the current position of a pedestrian using a triangulation method.

As a result of detecting the position of the pedestrian, when the corresponding pedestrian enters into the pedestrian viewing area 600, the mobile terminal 200 may output a notification signal indicating that the pedestrian has entered the pedestrian viewing area 600. Meanwhile, when the pedestrian does not enter the pedestrian viewing area 600, the mobile terminal 200 may output a notification signal to induce the pedestrian to move to the pedestrian viewing area 600.

The mobile terminal 200 determines information (ie, location information and device identification information) included in the beacon signals received from the plurality of smart markers 100_1 to 100_4 and user language information set in the mobile terminal 200 in advance. It can be provided to the service providing server 300.

The service providing server 300 detects the current position of a pedestrian based on the location information and device identification information of the plurality of smart marker bottles 100_1 to 100_4, and various notification services related to the detected pedestrian's location (for example, a milestone service). , Road guidance service, geographic information service, etc.) can be provided to the mobile terminal 200 of the pedestrian. In this case, the service providing server 300 may provide a notification service corresponding to a user language set in the pedestrian's mobile terminal 200 by constructing a database (DB) capable of supporting multilingual services. This multilingual support service is especially useful for foreigners visiting the area for the first time.

The mobile terminal 200 may receive notification information related to the current location of the pedestrian from the service providing server 300 (eg, tourist destination information, cultural property information, geographic information, government office information, surrounding restaurant information, etc.). In addition, the mobile terminal 200 may provide the notification information received from the service providing server 300 to the corresponding pedestrian in real time.

8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the mobile terminal 200 may execute a smart marker application for providing a pedestrian protection service or a pedestrian notification service to a pedestrian approaching an area in which one or more smart markers are installed according to a user command or the like (S810). ).

When a pedestrian moves to a marker installation area (for example, a pedestrian waiting area or a pedestrian viewing area), the mobile terminal 200 may receive beacon signals from the smart markers 100 existing in the corresponding marker installation area ( S820). In this case, each beacon signal may include location information and device identification information of the beacon terminal installed on one or more smart markers 100.

When receiving at least one beacon signal from one or more smart markers 100, the mobile terminal 200 may detect the current position of the pedestrian using the at least one beacon signal (S830). For example, the mobile terminal 200 may accurately detect the current position of a pedestrian by using location information included in at least three beacon signals each received from the plurality of smart markers 100 and a triangulation method.

The mobile terminal 200 may check whether the corresponding pedestrian enters the area where the marker is installed based on the location information of the pedestrian. As a result of the confirmation, when the pedestrian enters the area where the marker is installed, the mobile terminal 200 may access a predetermined service providing server. In addition, the mobile terminal 200 may transmit location information and device identification information included in beacon signals received from adjacent smart beacons to a service providing server (S840). In addition, the mobile terminal 200 may transmit language information (ie, user language information preset in the mobile phone) that is currently supported by its operating system (OS) to the terminal user to the service providing server.

The mobile terminal 200 may receive notification information related to the current location of the pedestrian (eg, milestone information, government office/public institution information, tourist destination information, taste house information, map information, geographic information, etc.) from a service providing server. (S850). In this case, the mobile terminal 200 may receive notification information corresponding to the type of user language supported by its operating system from the service providing server.

The mobile terminal 200 may output a notification signal (or an alarm signal) corresponding to the current position of the pedestrian to the corresponding pedestrian (S860). In this case, the notification signal may be output in the form of at least one of an audible notification signal, a visual notification signal, and a tactile notification signal in order to call the pedestrian's attention.

For example, the mobile terminal 200 may provide walking signal information including information on remaining waiting time and remaining walking time to a pedestrian in real time. In addition, the mobile terminal 200 may provide pedestrians with information about walking behavior, including milestone information, government office/public institution information, tourist destination information, taste house information, map information, geographic information, and the like to pedestrians in real time. In addition, the mobile terminal 200 may provide, in real time, walking guide information for guiding a walking path so that a pedestrian (eg, a visually impaired) can safely pass a crosswalk.

Meanwhile, although not shown in the drawing, the mobile terminal 200 may generate a control signal for interworking with a safety facility device installed around a crosswalk and transmit it to the corresponding device. That is, the mobile terminal 200 not only can output a predetermined notification signal for the safety of pedestrians, but can also control surrounding safety facility devices. In this case, the safety facility device includes a gaze guide light, a spare traffic light, a floodlight, a camera for monitoring lane violations of a crosswalk, and a storage device for storing a photographed image, but is not limited thereto.

The mobile terminal 200 may repeatedly perform the operations of steps 820 to 860 until the currently running smart label application is terminated (S870).

As described above, the mobile terminal according to the present invention outputs an alarm signal corresponding to the current position of the pedestrian using beacon signals received from one or more smart beacons, thereby immersing in the mobile terminal and entering the pedestrian crossing. It can be safely protected from traffic accidents. In addition, the mobile terminal outputs an alarm signal corresponding to the current position of the pedestrian using beacon signals received from one or more smart beacons, so that the visually impaired or foreigners can safely reach their destination from their current location. Digital milestone function can be performed.

Meanwhile, although specific embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, and should be determined by the claims to be described later as well as equivalents to the claims.

100: smart marker 110: beacon module
120: solar module 130: battery
140: light-emitting module 150: control unit
200: mobile terminal 300: service providing server
400: pedestrian traffic light

Claims (13)

A mobile terminal receiving a pedestrian request signal corresponding to a preset gesture input from a pedestrian when a specific event occurs, and transmitting a predefined blink control signal to a smart marker adjacent to the pedestrian in response to the received pedestrian request signal; And
Pedestrian service providing system comprising a smart beacon for performing a blinking operation at a predetermined time period by controlling one or more LED elements according to the blinking control signal received from the mobile terminal. The method of claim 1,
The pedestrian request signal is a pedestrian service providing system, characterized in that the rescue request signal or a driving attention request signal. The method of claim 1,
The smart beacon is a pedestrian service providing system, characterized in that transmitting a relay signal requesting the blinking operation to the adjacent smart beacon. The method of claim 3,
The relay signal, a pedestrian service providing system, characterized in that it includes device identification information of a start marker on which an initial flashing operation is performed and device identification information of an end marker on which a last flashing operation is performed. A plurality of smart markers buried in a predetermined walking area and periodically transmitting a beacon signal; And
Based on the beacon signals received from the plurality of smart markers, the location information of the pedestrian is detected, based on the detected location information, it is checked whether the pedestrian enters the pedestrian area, and the pedestrian enters the pedestrian area. In this case, a pedestrian service providing system including a mobile terminal that provides a predetermined pedestrian service. The method of claim 5,
The beacon signal includes at least one of device identification information, location information, and server address information of each smart beacon. The method of claim 5,
The predetermined pedestrian service is a pedestrian service providing system, characterized in that the pedestrian protection service for the visually impaired or a pedestrian notification service for tourists. The method of claim 5,
The predetermined walking area is a pedestrian service providing system, characterized in that the pedestrian waiting area adjacent to a crosswalk or a pedestrian viewing area adjacent to a cultural property/tourist facility. The method of claim 5,
And the mobile terminal outputs a notification signal indicating that the pedestrian has entered the pedestrian area. The method of claim 5,
The mobile terminal detects the location of the pedestrian using at least three or more beacon signals received from the plurality of smart markers. The method of claim 5,
The mobile terminal accesses a predetermined service providing server and receives notification information related to the location of the pedestrian from a corresponding server. The method of claim 11,
The mobile terminal transmits information included in the beacon signals and user language information currently supported by an operating system (OS) to the service providing server. A memory for storing a smart marker application for providing a predetermined pedestrian service to a pedestrian approaching a specific pedestrian area;
A wireless communication unit for receiving a plurality of beacon signals from a plurality of smart markers buried in the specific walking area when an application stored in the memory is executed;
Detecting the location of the pedestrian using the plurality of beacon signals, and when the pedestrian enters the specific walking area, accessing a predetermined service providing server to receive notification information related to the location of the pedestrian from the server A control unit; And
A mobile terminal comprising an output unit for outputting a notification signal including notification information received from the service providing server.

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